Stanley GRISWOLD

(1763-1815)

Senate Years of Service:

1809-1809

Party:

Democratic
Republican

GRISWOLD, Stanley, a
Senator from Ohio; born in Torrington, Litchfield County, Conn.,
November 14, 1763; served in a militia company during the
Revolution; pursued classical studies and graduated from Yale
College in 1786; studied theology; pastor in New Milford, Conn.;
editor of a newspaper in Walpole, N.H., in 1804; appointed
secretary of Michigan Territory 1805-1808; moved to Ohio; appointed
to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Edward Tiffin and served from May 18 to December 11,
1809, when a successor was elected; appointed a United States judge
for Illinois Territory and served from March 16, 1810, until his
death in Shawneetown, Ill., August 21, 1815.

Bibliography

Dictionary of American Biography.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present